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=== YouTube career ===
=== YouTube career ===
On August 30, 2014, Rallison started his [[YouTube]] channel called ''theodd1sout comic''. He start publishing animated videos in which he talks about his life story, his thoughts and opinions. After a few years of steady growth, in April 2016, his channel gained over 278,000 subscribers, giving him a total of over 400,000 subscribers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tubefilter.com/2016/05/20/top-100-most-subscribed-youtube-channels-worldwide-april-2016/|title=Top 100 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • April 2016|date=20 May 2016|work=[[Tubefilter]]|accessdate=28 April 2017|author=Cohen, Joshua}}</ref>
On August 30, 2014, Rallison started his [[YouTube]] channel called ''theodd1sout comic''. He started publishing animated videos in which he talks about his life story, his thoughts and opinions. After a few years of steady growth, in April 2016, his channel gained over 278,000 subscribers, giving him a total of over 400,000 subscribers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tubefilter.com/2016/05/20/top-100-most-subscribed-youtube-channels-worldwide-april-2016/|title=Top 100 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • April 2016|date=20 May 2016|work=[[Tubefilter]]|accessdate=28 April 2017|author=Cohen, Joshua}}</ref>


His videos about working at [[Subway (restaurant)|Subway]], where he comedically refers to the food chain as "Sooubway",<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.foodbeast.com/news/sooubway-customers/|title=A Former 'Subway' Worker Recreates His WORST Customer Experiences In One Hilarious Animation|access-date=November 1, 2018|language=en}}</ref> have been featured on [[Foodbeast]]. The website's writer, Peter Pham, has described Rallison's videos as "amazing" and "hilarious".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foodbeast.com/news/subway-animated/|title=Sooubway Worker Created An Animated Video Detailing His Experience There And It's Amazing|date=March 31, 2016|work=[[Foodbeast]]|accessdate=November 1, 2018|author=Pham, Peter}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foodbeast.com/news/sooubway-episode-3/|title=A Former 'Subway' Worker Explains Why You Should Be Nice To Fast Food Employees In A Hilarious Animated Video|date=January 13, 2017|work=Foodbeast|accessdate=November 1, 2018|author=Pham, Peter}}</ref>
His videos about working at [[Subway (restaurant)|Subway]], where he comedically refers to the food chain as "Sooubway",<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.foodbeast.com/news/sooubway-customers/|title=A Former 'Subway' Worker Recreates His WORST Customer Experiences In One Hilarious Animation|access-date=November 1, 2018|language=en}}</ref> have been featured on [[Foodbeast]]. The website's writer, Peter Pham, has described Rallison's videos as "amazing" and "hilarious".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foodbeast.com/news/subway-animated/|title=Sooubway Worker Created An Animated Video Detailing His Experience There And It's Amazing|date=March 31, 2016|work=[[Foodbeast]]|accessdate=November 1, 2018|author=Pham, Peter}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foodbeast.com/news/sooubway-episode-3/|title=A Former 'Subway' Worker Explains Why You Should Be Nice To Fast Food Employees In A Hilarious Animated Video|date=January 13, 2017|work=Foodbeast|accessdate=November 1, 2018|author=Pham, Peter}}</ref>

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James Rallison
Rallison at VidCon 2017
Personal information
Born
Robert James Rallison

(1996-05-14) May 14, 1996 (age 28)
Arizona, United States
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
Websitetheodd1sout.com
YouTube information
Also known asTheOdd1sOut
Channels
Years active2014–present
Subscribers
  • 10.20 million (TheOdd1sOut)
  • 1.64 million (TheOdd2sOut)
Total views
  • 1.76 billion (TheOdd1sOut)
  • 57.97 million (TheOdd2sOut)
NetworkNone
Associated acts
100,000 subscribers2016 (TheOdd1sOut)
2017 (TheOdd2sOut)
1,000,000 subscribers2016 (TheOdd1sOut)
2018 (TheOdd2sOut)[1]
10,000,000 subscribers2019 (TheOdd1sOut)
Last updated: February 5, 2019

Robert James Rallison (born May 14, 1996), known online as TheOdd1sOut, is an American artist, animator and YouTuber.[2] As of January 2019, his YouTube channel has surpassed 10 million subscribers.

Biography

Personal life

Rallison was born May 14, 1996 in Arizona, United States. He is one of 5 children of Janette Rallison.[3][4]

Webcomics

Rallison uploaded the first strip of his webcomic TheOdd1sOut on June 14, 2012, on Tumblr[5] and later on iFunny.[6]

YouTube career

On August 30, 2014, Rallison started his YouTube channel called theodd1sout comic. He started publishing animated videos in which he talks about his life story, his thoughts and opinions. After a few years of steady growth, in April 2016, his channel gained over 278,000 subscribers, giving him a total of over 400,000 subscribers.[7]

His videos about working at Subway, where he comedically refers to the food chain as "Sooubway",[8] have been featured on Foodbeast. The website's writer, Peter Pham, has described Rallison's videos as "amazing" and "hilarious".[9][10]

In 2017, Dave Trumbore of Collider named Rallison one of five YouTubers who were "poised for mainstream success".[11] In 2018, Kristin Brantley of Culturess reviewed his YouTube channel and webcomics favorably, writing, "You’ll be glued to the screen watching all of these hilarious clips and reading all his great comics."[12]

On December 2, 2017 Rallison created a second channel, TheOdd2sOut, which was a way to upload extra content not involving animation. On April 3, 2018, TheOdd2sOut reached 1 million subscribers.[13]

On July 19, 2018, Rallison uploaded his first song on his YouTube channel called "Life is Fun", featuring Boyinaband[14] which has over 54.8 million views.

In 2018 he was nominated on 8th Streamy Awards in Animated category[15][16].

His animated character appear in credits scene of YouTube Rewind: The Shape of 2017 and in YouTube Rewind 2018: Everyone Controls Rewind where he has speaking role.[17]

On January 24, 2019, Rallison's main channel reached 10 million subscribers.[13]

Other work

Rallison wrote a book titled The Odd 1s Out: How to Be Cool and Other Things I Definitely Learned from Growing Up, which was released on July 31, 2018.[18][5] It was ranked #12 in the "trade paperback" category on Publishers Weekly's August 13, 2018 bestseller list.[19]

Books

  • The Odd 1s Out: How to Be Cool and Other Things I Definitely Learned from Growing Up (July 31, 2018)

Discography

Filmography

Animation

Voice acting

References

  1. ^ "TheOdd1sOut Future Projections & Statistics - Socialblade.com". socialblade.com. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  2. ^ Bullock, Rachel (October 28, 2016). "YouTuber of the month: James Rallison". The Pearl Post. Daniel Pearl Magnet High School. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  3. ^ "Janette Rallison". Claire's Day. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
  4. ^ "Biography". Janette Rallison & CJ Hill Books.
  5. ^ a b "James Rallison on TheOdd1sOut Comics, Animations & New Book - Crixeo". Crixeo. June 11, 2018. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  6. ^ FunCorp. "TheOdd1sOut on iFunny". iFunny. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  7. ^ Cohen, Joshua (20 May 2016). "Top 100 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • April 2016". Tubefilter. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  8. ^ "A Former 'Subway' Worker Recreates His WORST Customer Experiences In One Hilarious Animation". Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  9. ^ Pham, Peter (March 31, 2016). "Sooubway Worker Created An Animated Video Detailing His Experience There And It's Amazing". Foodbeast. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  10. ^ Pham, Peter (January 13, 2017). "A Former 'Subway' Worker Explains Why You Should Be Nice To Fast Food Employees In A Hilarious Animated Video". Foodbeast. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  11. ^ Trumbore, Dave (July 20, 2017). "5 Indie YouTube Animators Poised for Mainstream Success". Collider. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  12. ^ Brantley, Kristin (2018-08-18). "10 hilarious webcomic artists you should check out ASAP". Culturess. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
  13. ^ a b "TheOdd2sOut's Real-Time Subscriber Count - Social Blade YouTube Stats - YouTube Statistics". socialblade.com.
  14. ^ "TheOdd1sOut on Twitter".
  15. ^ Haring, Bruce (October 21, 2018). "Streamy Awards Honor 24 Winners In Prelims To 8th Annual Event". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 21, 2018.
  16. ^ Schaffstall, Katherine (October 22, 2018). "Streamy Awards 2018: Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
  17. ^ YouTube Spotlight, YouTube Rewind 2018: Everyone Controls Rewind | #YouTubeRewind, retrieved 2019-01-21
  18. ^ The Odd 1s Out: How to Be Cool and Other Things I Definitely Learned from Growing Up. TarcherPerigee. July 31, 2018. ISBN 9780143131809.
  19. ^ Juris, Carolyn (2018-08-10). "This Week's Bestsellers: August 13, 2018". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
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